Corporate name, "The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church, Riverdale." The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1865. It is built of granitic gneiss and is cruciform. Rev. E. M. Peck acted as rector until the Rev. George D. Wildes, D.D., present rector, assumed charge, in 1868. The rectory adjoining the church is a frame building. There are some beautiful memorial windows in the church, notably one recently inserted by Percy R. Pyne at a cost of twenty-five thousand francs. It is a masterpiece of the French school by E. S. Oudinot and L. O. Merson, of Paris, representing the supper at Enimaus.

Edge Hill Chapel (Spuyten Duyvil). -- Erected in 1869, on land leased by Isaac O. Johnson at a nominal rent. Services are conducted every Sunday evening by the pastor of Riverdale Presbyterian Church.

W<)<)DL.A.\vx Methodist Etiscopal CHtRCH (Woodlawn Heights). -- Organized in 1875. Building erected on lots donated by E. K. AVillard ; completed and dedicated April, 1876, by Bishop Janes. Pastors: D. W. C. Van Gaasbeek, 1875-76; Aaron Coons, 1876-79; Gustave Laws, 1880-81 ; J. O. Kern, 1881, present incumbent. Membership, thirty-nine.

St. Stephen's Methodist Episcopal Church (King's Bridge). -- Organized by trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church Bethel (Mosholu) in 1875. Church completed and dedicated May 14, 1876. Pastors: D. W. C. Van Gaasbeek, 1875-76 ; Aaron Coons, 1876-79; David Tasker, 1879-80; S. Lowther, 1880-82; R. H. Kelly, 1882-83; Isaac H. Lent, present incumbent. Membership, forty-seven.

St. John's Church (King's Bridge). -- Built under the direction of the Rev. Henry A. Brann, D.D., and dedicated December 3, 1880, by Cardinal McCloskey. Since its erection Dr. Brann has been aided in attend- I ing to the congregation by the Revs. Fr. Micena, Dr. Shrader, D. McCormick and William Fry, and the present as.sistant is Rev.